low-lives
Disreputable, unsavory characters
Low-lives is the plural of lowlife—people regarded as disreputable, criminal, or morally contemptible.
The term suggests someone operating on society's margins: petty criminals, drug dealers, scammers.
The bar attracted low-lives and drifters.
Both low-lives and lowlifes appear as plurals.
Dishonest, unprincipled people
- degeneratesWorsens over time
- reprobatesMorally unprincipled people
- scumSurface residue or lowlifes
- sleazebagsContemptible, unethical people
dregs · riffraff · vermin · dirtbags · bottom-feeders · creeps · slimeballs · louses
Violent criminals
- crooksCriminals or hooked staffs
- gangstersOrganized crime members
- hoodlumsYoung criminal troublemakers
- felonsSerious crime offenders
mobsters · racketeers · outlaws · convicts · delinquents · offenders · lawbreakers · criminals
Rejected, excluded people
- pariahsSocially rejected individuals
- undesirablesUnwanted or objectionable persons
- rabbleDisorderly, noisy crowd
- underclassLowest socioeconomic group
vagrants · drifters · transients · down-and-outs · have-nots · marginals · dispossessed · derelicts
Deceivers who steal through trickery
- con-artistsFraudsters who manipulate victims
- griftersPetty swindlers, confidence tricksters
- cheatsDeceives for advantage
- fraudstersPeople who deceive for gain
hustlers · charlatans · scammers · flimflammers · shysters · mountebanks · sharpers · tricksters
scoundrels
Dishonest, unprincipled people
- degeneratesWorsens over time
- reprobatesMorally unprincipled people
- scumSurface residue or lowlifes
sleazebags · dregs · riffraff · vermin · dirtbags · bottom-feeders · creeps · slimeballs · louses · cads
thugs
Violent criminals
- crooksCriminals or hooked staffs
- gangstersOrganized crime members
- hoodlumsYoung criminal troublemakers
felons · mobsters · racketeers · outlaws · convicts · delinquents · offenders · lawbreakers · criminals · wrongdoers
outcasts
Rejected, excluded people
- pariahsSocially rejected individuals
- undesirablesUnwanted or objectionable persons
- rabbleDisorderly, noisy crowd
underclass · vagrants · drifters · transients · down-and-outs · have-nots · marginals · dispossessed · derelicts · homeless
swindlers
Deceivers who steal through trickery
- con-artistsFraudsters who manipulate victims
- griftersPetty swindlers, confidence tricksters
- cheatsDeceives for advantage
fraudsters · hustlers · charlatans · scammers · flimflammers · shysters · mountebanks · sharpers · tricksters · double-dealers
low-livessaints
Canonized religious figures
good people · straight arrows · do-gooders · boy scouts · pillars of the community
low-livesdignitaries
Persons of high rank
notables · the elite · VIPs · movers and shakers · pillars of the community
low-livesheroes
Admired courageous figures
benefactors · altruists · philanthropists · humanitarians · public servants
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